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Greg's notes from Books in Browsers 2014

Greg Albers
Greg Albers

The document summarizes Greg's notes from the Books in Browsers 2014 conference. Some of the key topics discussed include making books more accessible and interconnected on the web by treating them as APIs, the vision of diminishing the separation between online and portable book formats, and the importance of pagination for books displayed in browsers. The document also shares links to related resources on book imaging projects and experimental digital book formats.

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Gregs notes from Books in Browsers 2014 http://booksinbrowsers.org/2014-program/
Booookss:: Long narratives that are sold iinn Brroowsseerrss:: Accessed in and interconnected with the web * Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive *
Text is pervasive on the web right now, Books are not. * Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive *
Internet Archive Book Images https://www.flickr.com/photos /internetarchivebookimages Click on an image and then look for the "View Book Page: Book Viewer" link. It will take you back into the book, to the page the image was mined from. Cool.
As a developer, I register an app, I grab an API and I build something.... It is easy to create an app based on social media content, but almost impossible for book content. * Mitar Milutinovic, PeerLibrary/UC Berkeley *
Think of the digital book as an API in itself. Move from a book with static text, to a book with linked information. * Ben De Meester, Ghent University / iMinds *
This is a sketch Ive had hanging in my office. Germane to all the talk about APIs.
For everything substantial is found in the slip box of the researcher who wrote it and the scholar who studies in it. * Walter Benjamin, ca. 1928, not at Books in Browsers *
This is how Walter Benjamin might sketch it. Whats insightful 85 years ago, is insightful today. The quote, btw, came to me from http://p-dpa. tumblr.com, which you should know.
EEPPUBWEEB The Vision: Separation between online (i.e., the Web) and portable (i.e., EPUB) should be diminished to zero. Portable content can be used online by loading it into a browser. Online content use can be easily saved as a portable document for offline use. * Markus Gylling, IDPF, and Ivan Herman, W3C * ( If the IDPF and the W3C are involved, that gives me hope )
Skim. Swim. Dive. Description. Sample. Book. Ski m. Gro k.. Masstteerr.. Bullet Points. Abstract. Essay. TOC. Index. Database. * Peter Myers, Citia *
Pagination is the single best thing we can do for books in browsers. * Dave Cramer, Hachette Book Group * The pagination conversation is revolving around EPUB spoftware (see Readium and epub.js), and Adobes troubled CSS Regions spec
CSS Regions : Web :: Text Threads : Print
CSS Exclusions : Web :: Text Wrap : Print
b asi Getty Pubs i s basi cally jj uusstt llii kee PPeenngguuii nn Rannddoom HHoouussee (or at least our approach is) They have a team of developers dedicated specifically to next generation ebooks, even as they wonder where things are going and what the best approach may be. Testing formats out, but trying to make investments in reusable technology. * Liisa McCloy-Kelley, Penguin Random House *
If its possible to have a digital publishing development crush The Ebook Avant-Garde Iterrogation of the Form https://github.com/sandersk /ebook_avant_garde * Sanders Kleinfeld, OReilly Media *
Other Reoccurri nngg Tooppii ccss:: Collaborative Writing _Markdown_ Reading Data / Privacy
Tools shape outcomes and The software only gets out of your way if you know how to use it. * John Maxwell, Simon Fraser University & Haig Armen, Emily Carr University of Art + Design * This team made a digital publication using the open source slide tool, deck.js I used deck.js for these notes.
Videos of all the #BiB14 talks: https://www.youtube.com /user/PubPerspectives/videos

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Greg's notes from Books in Browsers 2014

  • 1. Gregs notes from Books in Browsers 2014 http://booksinbrowsers.org/2014-program/
  • 2. Booookss:: Long narratives that are sold iinn Brroowsseerrss:: Accessed in and interconnected with the web * Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive *
  • 3. Text is pervasive on the web right now, Books are not. * Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive *
  • 4. Internet Archive Book Images https://www.flickr.com/photos /internetarchivebookimages Click on an image and then look for the "View Book Page: Book Viewer" link. It will take you back into the book, to the page the image was mined from. Cool.
  • 5. As a developer, I register an app, I grab an API and I build something.... It is easy to create an app based on social media content, but almost impossible for book content. * Mitar Milutinovic, PeerLibrary/UC Berkeley *
  • 6. Think of the digital book as an API in itself. Move from a book with static text, to a book with linked information. * Ben De Meester, Ghent University / iMinds *
  • 7. This is a sketch Ive had hanging in my office. Germane to all the talk about APIs.
  • 8. For everything substantial is found in the slip box of the researcher who wrote it and the scholar who studies in it. * Walter Benjamin, ca. 1928, not at Books in Browsers *
  • 9. This is how Walter Benjamin might sketch it. Whats insightful 85 years ago, is insightful today. The quote, btw, came to me from http://p-dpa. tumblr.com, which you should know.
  • 10. EEPPUBWEEB The Vision: Separation between online (i.e., the Web) and portable (i.e., EPUB) should be diminished to zero. Portable content can be used online by loading it into a browser. Online content use can be easily saved as a portable document for offline use. * Markus Gylling, IDPF, and Ivan Herman, W3C * ( If the IDPF and the W3C are involved, that gives me hope )
  • 11. Skim. Swim. Dive. Description. Sample. Book. Ski m. Gro k.. Masstteerr.. Bullet Points. Abstract. Essay. TOC. Index. Database. * Peter Myers, Citia *
  • 12. Pagination is the single best thing we can do for books in browsers. * Dave Cramer, Hachette Book Group * The pagination conversation is revolving around EPUB spoftware (see Readium and epub.js), and Adobes troubled CSS Regions spec
  • 13. CSS Regions : Web :: Text Threads : Print
  • 14. CSS Exclusions : Web :: Text Wrap : Print
  • 15. b asi Getty Pubs i s basi cally jj uusstt llii kee PPeenngguuii nn Rannddoom HHoouussee (or at least our approach is) They have a team of developers dedicated specifically to next generation ebooks, even as they wonder where things are going and what the best approach may be. Testing formats out, but trying to make investments in reusable technology. * Liisa McCloy-Kelley, Penguin Random House *
  • 16. If its possible to have a digital publishing development crush The Ebook Avant-Garde Iterrogation of the Form https://github.com/sandersk /ebook_avant_garde * Sanders Kleinfeld, OReilly Media *
  • 17. Other Reoccurri nngg Tooppii ccss:: Collaborative Writing _Markdown_ Reading Data / Privacy
  • 18. Tools shape outcomes and The software only gets out of your way if you know how to use it. * John Maxwell, Simon Fraser University & Haig Armen, Emily Carr University of Art + Design * This team made a digital publication using the open source slide tool, deck.js I used deck.js for these notes.
  • 19. Videos of all the #BiB14 talks: https://www.youtube.com /user/PubPerspectives/videos